Obama in Gulf as BP reports progress

President Obama visits one of the worst-affected areas from the spreading spill, while BP says success of latest effort to stop the flow still uncertain....

The not so great US economic recovery

President Barack Obama receives a briefing on the economy from National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, left, in the Oval Office, May 6, 2010. At right is Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel....

Obama wants light on Wall Street's shadowy deals

President Barack Obama, walks out the Oval Office of the White House with Sec. of Interior Ken Salazar, right, following his closed meeting with his Cabinet and other senior administration officials o...

Wall Street regulations stagger ahead

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., looks at signed petition papers on a table in support of a strong financial reform, during a news conference discussing Wall Street accountability legislatio...

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US faces environmental catastrophe after oil slick

Despair and resignation reigned among fishermen and other seafaring residents of the southern Louisiana shoreline yesterday as the vast Gulf of Mexico oil slick began to slide silently into fragile...

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Obama Will Fight for New Campaign Finance Rules

President Barack Obama, accompanied by small business employers and employees, gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 30, 2010. From left are, Itron...

Battle over Wall Street to begin

Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate are to debate the biggest reforms to financial regulations since the 1930s....

Obama Brings His War on Wall Street to New York on Thursday

Washington (AP) - Ramping up pressure for a financial overhaul, President Barack Obama is heading to the place where the economic meltdown began to argue for stronger government oversight of the indus...

Offshore Atlantic drilling divides

By STEVE SZKOTAK Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Environmentalists called President Barack Obama's decision to open portions of the East Coast to oil and gas exploration a "wholesale...

Obama opens up coastal oil drilling, angers environmentalists

President Barack Obama Wednesday backed new drilling for oil and natural gas off parts of the US coastline as a short-term, but necessary, solution to the country's massive energy needs....

Ten States Plan Lawsuit Over Bill

March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Ten states will challenge the constitutionality of the health-care overhaul passed yesterday by the U.S. House, said Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum....

Obama Says Us Financial Overhaul Is 'essential'

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to call for an overhaul of U.S. financial regulation, saying reform is needed to rein in bad practices and better protect...

Obama To Address Health Care At George Mason U.

is making his final pitch for health care reform Friday morning during a midday stop at George Mason University in Northern Virginia. He's scheduled to speak to a crowd of about 10, 000 people at the...

Lawmakers Struggle To Finish Health Overhaul Bill

Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhau...

Gop Warns Again Against Passing Health Bill

Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a "bitter, destructive and endless" drive to pass health overhaul legislation tha...

Obama urges China action on yuan

US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy....

Greek Crisis Is Over, Rest of Region Safe, Prodi Says

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The worst of Greece’s financial crisis is over and other European nations won’t follow in its path, said former European Commission President Romano Prodi.

World markets fall as Fed report, Greece weigh